My name is Cliff Pearson, I'm 39 (40 in April) and live in a little village in North Essex, to the eastern side of the UK with my wife of 20 years, Wendy. No kids, but 4 cats and a Cockatiel keep us busy!
Sorry about the stupid viking picture, but all the others were worse, believe me!
I drive an '04 Renault Espace, but changing to an '07 Chrysler Grand Voyager in April (I think they're called a 'Town & Country' in the States).
I've always worked in IT and have been a web developer for 12 years now. I've focused on ColdFusion for the past 10 years and have been self employed for almost 7 years now.
We live in bungalow in the countryside, 50-some miles from London, with a dedicated office in the back garden - I'm lucky enough to be able to work from home most of the time.
Favourite TV shows include 24, Heroes, Prison Break, House, Doctor Who, Jericho, QI & Waking The Dead.
Food - I cook a mean Italian and my wife says I'm a better cook than she is!
Outside of computers and the Interweb, my main passion is music. I was a part-time DJ for about 20 years, but retired recently, due to health problems - it's a young man's sport! I dabble with various instruments - mainly keys and bass guitar.
I'm a Progressive Rock fan - a deeply unfashionable musical genre which most people dismiss. I won't start preaching about it here, but yes, there are people still making this music, it didn't die out in 1976, despite what the press might want you to believe!
Curious? Then I urge you to check out:
- The Flower Kings
- The Tangent
- Porcupine Tree
- Riverside
- Pure Reason Revolution
- Mew
- Beardfish
..among many others!
Probably the strangest thing I've ever done (apart from skiing) was to dress as a pregnant bride at a friend's wedding, chasing the groom around the hall to the sounds of Yvonne Fair's 'It Should Have Been Me'! (No, Vicar Of Dibley fans, that wasn't an original Richard Curtis idea - I did this in 1990 and have video evidence! B->).
I spend far to long reading other people's blogs, but find I learn so much.
